Bill Cain, SJ (c. 1947–), is an American playwright and Jesuit priest.
He was the co-creator of the television series Nothing Sacred, a drama series that depicted daily life in a modern Catholic parish, which aired in 1997-98 on ABC.
[2] He won a Humanitas Prize and a Writers Guild of America Award for the show.
It was later produced at City Center in New York City in March 2010,[1] and as part of the 2014 season at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga, California, with Ted Barton, Alan Blumenfeld, Dane Oliver, Franc Ross, Taylor Jackson Ross, and Paul Turbiak in Mike Peebler's production.
[4] His play How to Write a New Book for the Bible was produced at Seattle's REP, January 13 to February 5, 2012, and afterwards, at various venues around the country.